Full Notification

***UPDATE TWO***
Second Arrest Made in Death Investigation of
Eight Month Old in Washington County

Washington County-Today around 12:00 pm, a detective from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg arrested Casey Crain, victim’s mother, 23, from 602 ½ Ridgeview Drive in Salem. She was arrested for Neglect of a Dependant, A Felony. She was taken into custody and incarcerated at the Washington County Jail in Salem.

On September 9th, detectives from the Indiana State Police and Salem City Police Officers arrested Jamie James Lykins, 24, from 602 ½ Ridgeview Drive in Salem. Jamie Lykins was the live in boyfriend of the deceased infant’s mother.

He was arrested after detectives from the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg were able to gather enough evidence from interviews, Indiana State Police Crime Scene Investigators and the autopsy completed on Leelan Crain. Jamie James Lykins was arrested without incident at a convenience store on State Road #56 in Salem and incarcerated in the Washington County Jail in Salem. He was charged with Neglect of a Dependant, A Felony and Battery Causing Death, A Felony.

Saturday evening September 7th at around 7:00 PM, Leelan Crain, eight months old from Salem, IN was found unresponsive by his mother while Leelan was taking a nap. Leelan’s mother and her boyfriend, Jamie James Lykins, took Leelan to the St. Vincent’s Hospital in Salem by personal vehicle. Once at the hospital in Salem, Leelan was transported to the Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, KY by air ambulance. He was pronounced dead at approximately 1:41am, September 8th.

An autopsy was performed Sunday morning, September 8th, on Leelan Crain at the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville, KY. The autopsy preliminarily determined the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head. The official and final determination of the cause of death to Leelan Crain will not be made until the autopsy results are complete which typically takes up to six weeks. This investigation is continuing.


***Media Note***
A photo of Casey Crain is attached to this release.
-30-
Sgt. Jerry D. Goodin
“All subjects are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty”.